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Smith, Jeffrey – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
In this article, fourth grade Upper Allen Elementary School (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) teacher Jeffrey Smith describes his exploration of the Playing Basketball activity. Herein he describes how he found the problem to be an effective way to review concepts associated with the measurement of elapsed time with his students. Additionally, it…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Team Sports, Measurement, Time
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Parker, Renee; Breyfogle, M. Lynn – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2011
Beginning in third grade, Pennsylvania students are required to take the Pennsylvania State Standardized Assessment (PSSA), which presents multiple-choice mathematics questions and open-ended mathematics problems. Consistent with the Communication Standard of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, while solving the open-ended problems,…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Teachers, Action Research